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DOOR-HANGER. No. 882,770, Patented May 15, 1888.

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WILLIAM L. POWELL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

vDOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.- 382,770, dated' May15, laas. Application led May 3l, 1887. -Serial No. 239,792. (Model.)

.reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a parthereof.

rlhe object of this invention is to provide a door-hanger that willoperate upon a track that is crooked or out of line, and to overcomesome of the .objections to the sliding-door hangers that are at presentin use.

The invention may be said to consist in the devices and the combinationand arrangement of devices hereinafter set forth, and pointedl out inthe claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side-view of .one of my hangers. Fig. 2is a section through Fig. 1 on line a: ao, and Figi. 3 is a detail viewin perspective of one of the adjusting-screws used in making up thehanger.

In practice I have found that any hanger will work well if the tracksare properly put up. If they are not, or if there is any settling in thepartitions, the hanger now in use will not operate-satisfactorily.

With my hanger the doors will work aswell on a track that is notstraight as they will when the tracks are in perfect line, holding theedges of the doors parallel when they are closed together, and also whenthey are fully` opened, which is an impossibility with any other hangerthat has ever come to my knowledge.

A represents a door-plate to be attached to the top of the door by meansof screws in the ordinary way, andit has attached to or formed upon itsupper side a pair of lugs, G. These lugs are provided with inclinedpassages G', which are engaged by correspondingly -inclined arms H,which are formed integral with the main bodyE of the hanger.Saidinclined passages G' are so arranged that one will be inclined in adirection that is opposite to that of the other, as shown. One of saidbars H is provided with a screw-thread, 40, which is engaged by a nut,I. The nut I is provided with a slotted end for engagement with ascrew-driver, and it is also provided with a shoulder or flange, J',which engagesaprojection, J, located on one end of the door-plate A.Said nut is also threaded internally for engaging the thread 40 on oneof the bars H,

as. before described. rIhe bodyE of thehanger is also provided with apair of similarly-in clined slots, D', which are to be engaged by hooksD, formed upon the upper part, O, of

- the hanger.

One end, 16, of the upper portion, C, of the hanger is provided with ascrewthreaded passage, 5l,-which is engaged by anotherscrew, F, for thepurpose of adjusting the upper part, G,.upon the main body of thehanger, andfor raising and lowering the door in the ordinary way.

Thewhead of the screw F engages a lug, 50, formed upon the body of thehanger E, as shown.

The upper portion,'O, of the hanger is provided with the anti-frictionrider-bar O for the axle C in the usual man ner, and in fact theoperation of the upper portion of the hangerv is much the same as thatof manyhangi ers now in use.

For the purpose of permitting the hooks D vto 4be inserted in the slotsD a depression or notch, 10, is formed at the upper end of said slots,and another depression, 12, is formed upon the l.upper edge of the bodyof the hanger at a point that is about opposite notch 10.

As the wheels of the hanger and the tracks i form no part of myinvention, I do not deem it necessary to describe their working here.

With this construction the operation of my invention will be about asfollows: When the hangers are first placed in position in the building,the height of the door is to be adj usted inthe regular way by means ofyscrew F; but should the track settle and become out of'line, asindicated by dotted line b b, it will be necessary to use the screwr Ifor the purthe door will not be plumb and will look badly roo` when thedoor is in a closed or opened position. When the track settles, all thatis necessary with my hanger is to simply rotate the screw I in onedirection or the other, as the case may be, thereby raising one end ofthe main body E of the hanger and at the same time lowering the oppositeend a correspondingamount.

Of course full directions for every case cannot be given here. It willbe noticed that the line b b, indicating the track out of line, isinclined in one direction, and that the line c c is inclined in anopposite direction. Thus it will be seen that when the wheels of thehanger go down into a depression on the track the axle Cwill rise acorresponding distance and so keep the edges of the door substantiallyplumb in whatever position the hangers may be placed upon the track.Having thus described my invention, what claim is- 3. In a door-hanger,the combination of an upper section provided with a rider-bar cngagingthe axle of the supporting-wheels, a lower section or door-plateprovided with oppositely-inelined passages, and a main section locatedbetween the upper and lower sections and provided with a pair ofinclined slots, which incline in the same direction, and also providedVwith oppositely-inclinedl arms for engaging the inclined passages in thelower section, substantially as described.

4. Ina door-hanger, the combination of a lower section tobe attached tothe door and provided with oppositely-inelined passages, an uppersection which is provided with a riderbar for the axle ofthesupporting-wheels, and with lugs, as described, and a main sectionlocated between said upper and lower sections and provided with inclinedslots which are engaged by the hooks on the upper section and alsoprovided with oppositely-inclined arms for engaging the passages in thelower section,

and adjusting-screws, substantially as described. l

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM L. POWELL.

Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, S. FORD.

